Makiko
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Japanese; child of Maki
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/məkikoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Makiko is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country.
- JPJapan≈1 in 1.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 378K
- SGSingapore≈1 in 159K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Japan (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 142 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈84,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Japan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Japanese; child of Maki
Sources 1
- Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Makiko counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP Japan | #245 | ≈84,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Makiko | 131 |
| CN China | — | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 758K | — | Makiko | 12 |
| US United States | — | 881 | 1 in 378K | 876 | Makiko | 142 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 493K | — | Makiko | 20 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 478K | — | Makiko | 11 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈39 est. | ≈1 in 159K | — | Makiko | 10 |
| HK Hong Kong | — | ≈30 est. | ≈1 in 243K | — | Makiko | 4 |
| GA Gabon | — | ≈10 est. | ≈1 in 217K | 1 | — | — |
| IS Iceland | — | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 194K | 1 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Ministere de l'Interieur — 2025 candidate lists (local + legislative); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Mie Kitaharab. 1933JPnot in their usual nameJapanese actress, Yujiro Ishihara spouse, entertainment promoter (1933-)
- Makiko Hamadab. 1942JPJapanese businessman and politician (1942-2022)
- Makiko Tanakab. 1944JPJapanese politician (born 1944)
- Makiko Suehirob. 1944JPJapanese actress
- Makiko Esumib. 1966JPJapanese actor and writer
- Makiko Kunob. 1967JPJapanese actress
- Makiko Watanabeb. 1968JPJapanese actress (1968-)
- Makiko Ohmotob. 1973JPJapanese voice actress
- Makiko Matsumotob. 1974JPJapanese seiyū
- Makiko Nabeib. 1981JPJapanese seiyū
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 23 sources across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 876 | #13,624 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1978 | 8 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 5 | #13,624 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1974 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1972 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1925 | 5 | — |
| IS Iceland | Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry) | 2008 | 1 | — |
Reference works 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Makiko mean, and where does it come from?
- Japanese; child of Maki Recorded by Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular….
- How do you pronounce Makiko?
- A machine transcription gives /məkikoʊ/ (IPA) for Japanese.
- Is Makiko a male or female name?
- Makiko is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Makiko have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 84 thousand people named Makiko in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled makiko.
- How common is the name Makiko?
- In the United States, the national register counted 881 people named Makiko in 2020, about 1 in 378 thousand residents.
- How common is Makiko compared with other names?
- In Japan, Makiko is the 245th most common given name of 366,905 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Makiko?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/makikoThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Makiko” — the 245th most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.